When my skill level was lower, in seemed that I could often get 3 to 6 months out of rubbers. 6 weeks seems pretty short, especially since I was sick for about 10 of the days on those 6 weeks. It seems the better I get, the less time I get out of the rubbers, especially on the forehand wing. My forehand has recently been getting a lot stronger. I guess its getting fairly powerful and I stretch the topsheet quite a bit when looping. I guess I'm also getting more accurate as well and I'm hitting the ball nearly in the same spot on the rubber every time. Anyhow, its the first time I've had a dead spot like that develop on a rubber like that. Hopefully, it was just a one-off occurrence. 

Sadly it wasn't about your skill or level...

it is the rubber itself. You bought rubber from VN market, you have to accept the quality along with cheap price.

I wonder if that's it though. I've been playing Baracuda on at least one side for over a year. I've bought all the sheets from the same shop in Vietnam. Previously I only played Baracuda on the backhand and I never had that problem before. I'm just wondering if maybe Baracuda in general isn't going to be durable on the forehand side. Do you you really think that a rubber like Baracuda has that much variation in quality from market to market? I honestly doubt that it does. 

If you need to make sure, then buy another one. Look at its sponge structure, check the hardness,..

You will see the variation between sheets are so big.

inconsistent QC

Actually, the least durable rubber I ever tried was Donic Traction Soft. It was insanely spinny for like 2 weeks and then the sponge just totally died. I've never had a rubber die that fast. 

I agree. I have tested many rubbers from Andro, Xiom, Yasaka and Donic.

And Donic ones became useless much before the others.

I have a contrast experience. Donic brand is in standard consistency and durability for me. However they are from Australia.

The Donic I used to play in VN is the F1. It lasted 1 session then damaged right at the centre.

The H3 in VN also will be broken off after some hits.

There are some hidden factors behind but...

BTW, Donic traction II  was made in China, I had that rubber which is the same as DHS  Tin arc 5.

You should study chemistry 101.your coment is so wrong

The one I used was Donic Traction MS Soft. Regarding Baracuda, I've had pretty good luck with the durability of the black sheets I've purchased in Vietnam. That red one was the outlier which was not durable. I have also purchased quite a few sheets of Tenergy 80 here in Vietnam, some of which have strangely been more durable than others. I had one sheet of T80 that lasted like 9 months, but the next one was dead after 3 months and boosting couldn't even revive it. Both of those sheets got retired when the sponge stopped performing. Another sheet of T80 got a hole directly in the hitting area of the topsheet after just a few months.